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Wednesday, November 8, 2017

Coming into Game 2 the Pirates lead the series 1 game to 0 over the Detroit Tigers. This is the 4th year in a row these two teams have met in the World Series. Let's get Game 2 started.

Pitching for Detroit will be Willie Mitchell. Mitchell went 14-6 on the season with a 2.39 ERA. He's a lefty. In real life Willie Mitchell had an eleven year career coming into the League in 1909 with Cleveland. In 1913 he went 14-8 with a 1.91 ERA. That was his best season.

2b, Frank O'Rourke leads off for the Pirates. He flies to center
CF, George Burns is up next and grounds out to 3rd
C, Jimmy Archer hits the first pitch he gets out of the park in right-center to give Pittsburgh a 1-0 lead.

I talked yesterday about Jimmy Archer having a middling career in real life. In my simulation he had a great career. Through 10 seasons he was batting .309 with 210 HRs and 1,344 hits.

SS, Joe Cassidy flies to right

Johnny Lush is pitching for Pittsburgh. In simulated 1913 he went 21-4 with a 2.39 ERA. In real life Johnny Lush came into the League in 1904 and was out after 1910. His best year was 1906 when he went 18-15 with a 2.37 ERA.

3b, Eddie Grant leads off the bottom of the first with a ground out to short
CF, Harry Hooper hits a single to center, then steals second
RF, Larry Doyle singles to left and we have men on 1st and 3rd with one out
2b, Eddie Collins is walked to load the bases.
1b, Jake Stahl comes through with a single to left-center scoring both Hooper and Doyle and Collins goes to 3rd. Detroit now leads 2-1.
LF, Dutch Zwilling pops out to the catcher
C, Roger Bresnahan pops out to short

Pittsburgh 1 at Detroit 2 end of the 1st

1b, Joe Wood starts off the 2nd with a first pitch single up the middle
LF, Cy Williams walks
RF, Hy Myers singles to right scoring Wood and advancing Williams to 3rd, to make the score 2-2
3b, John Dodge hits into a 6-4-3 double play and they manage to hold Williams on at 3rd
With 2 out and a man on 3rd Pittsburgh pinch hits for Johnny Lush with Bob Unglaub who flies to left

2b, Frank O'Rourke fouls out to right
CF, George Burns strikes out
C, Jimmy Archer walks
SS, Joe Cassidy singles to right
1b, Joe Wood grounds out to 3rd

CF, Harry Hooper foul pops to 1st
RF, Larry Doyle grounds out to short
2b, Eddie Collins grounds out to short

Pittsburgh 2 at Detroit 2 end of the 3rd

LF, Cy Williams singles to center
RF, Hy Myers hits into a 4-6-3 double play
3b, John Dodge strikes out

1b, Jake Stahl walks then steals second
LF, Dutch Zwilling grounds back to the pitcher and advances Stahl to 3rd
C, Roger Bresnahan hits a home run to left on a 1-2 pitch, giving Detroit a 4-2 lead.

Bresnahan in real life played 17 years in the League from 1897 to 1915 with a few years off early on. He played his best years with the Giants, then in 1909 went to play for the Cardinals and also act as manager. He was inducted into the Hall of Fame in 1945.

SS, Donie Bush flies to left
P, Willie Mitchell draws a walk
3b, Eddie Grant grounds back to the pitcher to end the inning

Pittsburgh 2 at Detroit 4 end of the 4th

P, Tom Fisher strikes out to open the 5th inning
2b, Frank O'Rourke grounds to short
CF, George Burns singles to left
C, Jimmy Archer grounds to 2nd

Steve Melter comes into pitch for Detroit. I have no idea why they brought in Melter. He had pitched a total of 2.1 innings during the season. He appeared in 3 games. In real life Melter played one year in 1909. He appeared in 23 games for the Cardinals.
RF, Hy Myers opens the top of the ninth with a first pitch double to left-center
3b, John Dodge follows that up with a single to left, they hold Myers at third and Dodge makes it into 2nd
Jack Graney comes in to pinch hit for Deacon Phillipe and strikes out.
2b, Frank O'Rourke is intentionally walked to load the bases.
CF, George Burns hits into a 6-2 force.
C, Jimmy Archer comes through with an 0-1 grand slam to put the Pirates up 6-4. His second home run of the game.
SS, Joe Cassidy lines out to short to end the top of the 9th.

Joe Benz comes in to pitch for the Pirates. Benz had a 3.09 ERA in 22 appearances.
Joe Kustus comes in to play CF for George Burns
3b, Eddie Grant singles to center
CF, Harry Hooper hits one back to Benz but he can't handle it and so we have men on 1st and 2nd with no out.
RF, Larry Doyle takes the second pitch he sees out of the park for the walk off home run.

In real life Larry Doyle came into the League in 1907 with the Giants and played for 14 years. He was a lifetime .290 hitter and in 1912 was the National League MVP.